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Leading Radio Talk Show Hosts Address Election, Hot-Button Issues at 2012 Radio Show

Four leading radio talk show hosts will headline a Super Session entitled "The Great Debate and How to Sell It" at the 2012 Radio Show in Dallas. The two-part Super Session, sponsored by Istook Live!, will take place Thursday, September 20 at the Hilton Anatole.

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NAB Statement on Launch of Smartphone with Mobile DTV Capability

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to today's launch of the new Samsung smartphone with Dyle mobile TV capability just introduced by MetroPCS, NAB issued the following statement:

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Melissa Etheridge to Perform at NAB Marconi Awards Dinner and Show

The National Association of Broadcasters announced today Island Records’ multi-platinum artist Melissa Etheridge will perform at the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Dinner & Show on Thursday, September 20 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. The highlight event, sponsored by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is part of the 2012 Radio Show, produced by the NAB and the Radio Advertising Bureau.

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Media Alert: Big Machine Founder Scott Borchetta Headlines Session at 2012 Radio Show

Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of Big Machine Label Group, will participate in a Radio Show session entitled "The Relationship Between Music and Radio…We Need Each Other." Borchetta was instrumental in developing the business model for the recent groundbreaking deal struck with Clear Channel in which the largest owner of U.S. radio stations has agreed to pay sound-recording performance royalties to Big Machine.

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NAB Announces Webcasts for Small Market Radio Stations

WASHINGTON, DC -- The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced it will offer a new webcast series, titled NAB Virtual Academy for Radio: Big Ideas for Small Markets. Radio's leading consultants, trainers, broadcasters and personalities will host the live, interactive webcast series, which will include tangible solutions to challenges faced every day by small market broadcasters. This exclusive NAB member benefit begins on Tuesday, October 2, with additional webcasts on November 15 and February 12, 2013.

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Simpson, Berry, Okun and Thomas Appointed to NAB Education Foundation Board of Directors

The NAB Education Foundation (NABEF) has appointed four new Board members: Jeff Simpson, president and CEO, Bonneville International Corporation; Deborah Thomas, senior vice president, Human Resources, Cox Media Group; Andrea Berry, senior vice president, Media Services, Fox Networks Engineering and Operations; and B. Robert Okun, chairman and CEO, “The O Team.”

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